Nathaniel buxton



No. 6l3,492. Patented Nov. I, I898. N. BUXTON.

METHOD OF SECURING BAGS, PORTMANTEAUS, 8L6.

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Patented Nov. I, I898.

No. a|3,492.

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(Application filed Dec. 27, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL BUXTON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

METHOD OF SECURING BAGS, PORTMANTEAUS, 8pc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,492, dated November 1, 1898.

Application filed December 27, 1897. Serial No. 663,584. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL BUXroN, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at London, England, have invented a new and useful Improved Method for Closing and Securing or Fastening Gladstone and Other Bags, Portmanteaus, Cases, and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to Gladstone and other bags, portman-teaus, and the like. Such bags, as is well known, are usually provided with external straps; but these straps do not act upon the two parts of the frame to pull and hold them together, so that in many cases bags are provided .with end fastenings upon the frame as well as with the usual center fastenings.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the said straps will serve for pulling the two parts of the frame tightly together and holding them in this position without the use of the supplementary catches before referred to.

According to my invention one end of the strap is united to one portion of the frame and is then passed over the other portion of the frame, around the bag, and then held or secured to the last-mentioned portion.

T 0 enable my invention to be fully understood, I will describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag provided with strap fastenings arranged in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional end View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view, drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating a detail. Fig. 4is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan. Fig. 6 is a side View .illustrating a slight modification of my invention. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 5. Fig. 8

is a view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating a further modification; and Fig. 9 is a plan view, drawn to a larger scale than Fig. 8, illustrating the essential feature of this last modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

a b are the inner and outer sections of a bagframe, and c is the binding -strap, one end of which is, according to my invention, united to the frame a at d, the strap thence extending over the frame 1), around the bag, and thence back over the frame I), to which it is secured by a clip e. This clip 6, which is secured to the frame I) on the outside, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, is provided with two slots f and g, through the former ofwhich the strap is first passed and in the latter of which it is finally clipped-for instance, by means of a set-screw h, having a gripping-plate c at its inner end operating in conjunction with a hole of slightly-larger size formed in the partition between the two slots f g-so that the said strap will be firmly held and not be liable to slip.

If desired, the strap 0 may be permanently attached to the inner frame a; but as in practice it is advisable that the straps should be quite distinct from the bag I advantageously connect the straps thereto detachably.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the frame a has affixed to it a hook j, and the strap 0 has riveted upon it a metal band 76, (clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4,) the said band is being formed with an enlargement l, which constitutes an eye designed to engage with the hook j, as shown in Fig. 2 and also in Fig. 3; or instead of using this form of hook and eye the hook 3' may be formed with two claws m m, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the distance between which corresponds approximately to the breadth of the strap, and the strap has affixed to it a slotted bar n, through .which the strap is passed, the ends of the said bar forming projections 0 0, designed to engage beneath the hooks or claws m in a manner which will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

When the strap a is attached to the hook j by its eye or bar and passed around the bag, as shown in Fig. 2, and secured by the screw it in the clip a, no further fastening is necesessary. Instead of using the clip e, however, I may use an ordinary buckle. In this modifica'tion, which is shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the buckle is preferably attached to a shortstrap p, which is provided at its-rear end with a spring-hook q, the said hook being adapted to be attached to one bar r of a fitting s, attached to the part b of the frame. With this arrangement the strap, having been attached to the hook j, is passed around the bag in the manner hereinbefore described, and then at- Ice tached to the buckle t upon the short strap 19, the free end of the binding-strap 0 being passed under a second bar it, with which the fitting s is provided.

iVith both of the arrangements hereinbefore described it will be obvious that the pulling up of the strap causes the pulling together of the two parts of the frame.

Although I have described my invention as applied to a Gladstone bag or the like, it is to understood that it is also applicable to portmanteaus and solid leather cases, in which case the straps, instead of being attached to the frame, may be attached to any suitable part of the body.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. The combination with a bag provided with a frame including two sections adapted to be separated to open the bag, of a securing-strap having one end rigidly secured to one section, passing from its connection therewith immediately over the other or second section, around the bag and having its other end detachably secured to the second section, whereby the tension of said strap will directly draw said sections together, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a bag provided with a frame including two sections adapted to be separated to open the bag, of a securingstrap having one end detachably secured to one of said sections, passing from its connection therewith immediately over the other or second section around the bag and having its other end adjustably secured to the second section, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a bag provided with a frame including among its members two sections adapted to be separated to open the bag, one of said sections being provided with a hook or catch, and the other with an adjustable securing device, of a strap provided at one end with a securing device adapted to detachably engage said hook or catch, said strap passing over the other section around the body of the bag and having its other end engaging said adjustable securing device, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a bag, having a frame provided With two separable sections adapted to be separated to open the bag, one of said sections being provided with a hook or catch, and the other with an adjustable securing device and being provided with an aperture for the passage of the strap beneath said securing device, of a strap provided at one end with a device permanently secured thereto and adapted to engage said catch, said strap passing through the aperture in the other section beneath the securing device around the body of the bag and having its other end engaging said securing device, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a bag having a frame provided with two separate sections, a hook or catch secured to one of said sections, and a securing-clip attached to the other section provided with a passage for the strap, a second passage for the strap above the firstnamed passage and a clamping-screw for adjustably securing the strap, of a strap provided at one end with a cross-bar constructed to engage said hook or catch on one section, said strap passing through the lower passage of the clip on the other section and around the body of the bag, the end of said strap being adapted to be secured in the upper passage of said clip by means of the clampingscrew', substantially as described.

NATHANIEL BUXTON.

WVitnesses:

G. F. REDFERN, JOHN E. BoUsFIELD. 

